How to establish blind experiments

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AP Statistics › How to establish blind experiments

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1

Alpha Corporation developed a new pill to treat elevated glucose levels. They want to test the efficiency of the pill to lower glucose levels by gathering a sample of people with high glucose and giving them either:

  1. A daily dose of their new pill ("Experimental Group")

  2. A daily placebo pill that looks the same but does not do anything ("Placebo Group")

How can they make this a "Blind Study"?

2

Which of the following is an example of a double blind experiment?

3

A study is attempting to test various brands of cola against each other. Which of these would not be a measure that could be used to help create a double blind test?

4

A drug company wants to test a new pill that should make people's nails grow twice as quickly as normal. How can they make the study a blind study?

5

Which of the following is an example of a single-blind experiment?

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